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    Some decent moments, but POOR quality overall. BLEH!


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    Today's movie is...

    Great slow burn movie.


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    October 1st. 1- Suspiria (1977)
    October 2nd. 2- Nosferatu: The Vampyre (1979)
    October 3rd. 3- Halloween (1978)
    October 4th. 4- The Ritual (2018) 5- Phantasm (1979)
    October 5th. 6- V/H/S/2 (2013)
    October 6th. 7- Sleepaway Camp (1983)
    October 7th. 8- The Shining (1980)
    October 8th. 9- City of the Dead (1960) 10- Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf (1985) 11- Venom (2018)
    October 9th. 12- The Devil Rides Out (1968) 13-Horror of Dracula (1958) 14- Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
    October 10th. 15- Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988) 16- Truth or Dare (2017)
    October 11th. 17- Frankenstein (1931)



    The original. I didn't realize that the Simpsons Halloween intro where Marge comes out from behind a curtain before the show was actually from this movie.

    It's odd that Professor Victor Frankenstein is named Henry here. Such a random change.

    Also, Frankenstein explains that's discovered a "ray" beyond ultraviolet that is the key to life. My mind immediate went to the Vita-rays used to make Captain America.

    The scene of the traumatized dad carrying his drowned girl through town surprised me in how dark it was.

    Karloff gives a good performance, but the sounds he makes always remind me of someone doing a parody of a monster. "Grrr...arrrgh".

    I think the visuals hold up much better than they do in the Bela Lugosi Dracula movie.
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    October 1st. 1- Suspiria (1977)
    October 2nd. 2- Nosferatu: The Vampyre (1979)
    October 3rd. 3- Halloween (1978)
    October 4th. 4- The Ritual (2018) 5- Phantasm (1979)
    October 5th. 6- V/H/S/2 (2013)
    October 6th. 7- Sleepaway Camp (1983)
    October 7th. 8- The Shining (1980)
    October 8th. 9- City of the Dead (1960) 10- Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf (1985) 11- Venom (2018)
    October 9th. 12- The Devil Rides Out (1968) 13-Horror of Dracula (1958) 14- Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
    October 10th. 15- Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988) 16- Truth or Dare (2017)
    October 11th. 17- Frankenstein (1931)
    October 12th. 18- Galaxy of Terror (1981)



    Well, this sucked. Alien ripoff with poor world-building, barely any character development, uninspired visuals, and random sommersaults. The twist, if it can be called that, is taken from an older classic sci-fi movie that rhymes with Porbidden Fanet. Also, the poster isn't what anything in the movie looks like.

    One noteworthy fact about the movie is that James Cameron did production design and second unit filming on it. By the time he makes Aliens a few years later, everything in that movie is vastly superior to this.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jared View Post
    What about Halloween-themed comedies? Hocus Pocus, Teen Wolf, Beetlejuice, etc...
    For some reason I have actually gotten my wife to watch a few Halloween movies this year. I really have no idea why she is more willing to this year versus other years, but I've kept it very tame. We watched Amityville Horror (1979) on TV, Let the Right One In (2008) on some streaming service, and The First Purge (2018) via Redbox.

    I also watched Halloween (1978) a couple of days ago without her.

    As sad as this is to say, this is the most horror movies that I have watched in one year since I was a teenager.

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    1. Tourist Trap (1979)
    2. Poltergeist II (1986)
    3a. Frankenstein (1931)
    3b. Sleepaway Camp (1983)
    4. Isle of the Dead (1945)
    5a. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
    5b. Venom (2018)
    6a. Son of Frankenstein (1939)
    6b. Rabid (1977)
    7a. The Prowler (1981)
    7b. Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama (1988)
    8. Daughters of Darkness (1971)
    9. Fiend Without a Face (1958)
    10. Blood Feast (1963)
    11a. The Black Cat (1934)
    11b. The Monster Squad (1987)
    11c. Basket Case (1982)
    12. Phantasm (1979)
    13a. The Gate (1987)



    Been meaning to see this one since learning about it a few years back, and it really was quite good. One of those surprisingly dark 80s horror movies built around terrorizing kids, this thing must have provided a lot of nightmare fuel for viewers the same age as the heroes.


    13b. Re-Animator (1985)



    Wanted to brush up on this one again before I tackled the sequels this year. A great dark comedy, Re-Animator feels like its got the bones of a 1940s Universal mad scientist movie, with a heaping helping of 80s gore and sex piled on top of it.


    13c. Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)



    As a foreign movie by a visionary auteur, this has all the off-center compositions, non-standard scene transitions, and long, drawn-out shots of beautiful vistas you could want.

    Sarcasm aside, the cinematography really is great. There's some very creepy imagery in this film, including one of a runaway ship with its dead captain tied to the wheel sliding into a canal, and one where Dracula walks into a room behind the heroine, who stares in horror in the mirror as the door opens and closes itself. And when he feeds, there is nothing sensual about it; those disgusting rat teeth of his sinking into the neck only brings to mind poison and infection.

    But the best reason to watch yet another heavily-abridged retelling of the Dracula story is Klaus Kinski as the title character. I've never seen him played this way before, as equal parts intimidating and pathetic. He shuffles around bent over with head slightly bowed, but when he's angered he strikes instantly, like an animal. When he preys on the heroine at the end, it's completely horrific, but he looks just as scared, like he's in over his head. A really unique and memorable performance.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sean Whitmore View Post
    11c. Basket Case (1982)



    I used to see commercials for this movie at midnight on TNT or USA or whoever was showing late-night schlock at the time. Scared the hell out of a 10-year old. Of course, so did Chucky, so maybe my phobia was tiny things that really shouldn't have the upper-body strength necessary to do you harm.

    For anyone who doesn't know, this is about a young man and his once-conjoined twin seeking revenge on the doctors who separated them. it hit right around the time that home video rentals were becoming a thing, so its weird premise made it a cult classic.
    This reminds me of something...

    I'm going to veer off topic for a lone post because I think there might be some interested parties posting in this thread.

    Years ago, some friends were in on a weekly songwriting challenge. The "Halloween Havoc" week had some doozies.

    First up, "Belial". It's obviously related to Basket Case.

    - https://prfsongwritingchallenge.band...m/track/belial

    Second is a "Damn Straight There's A) Nightmare On My Street". It's a variation on a tune you might know. Note: Some racy lyrical content.

    - https://prfsongwritingchallenge.band...e-on-my-street

    Third "(Damn Straight This Is A) Dis Track" It's a dis track(From Jason Vorhees, no less) aimed at the previous tune. I laugh almost every time. It packs a tone of horror references into less than two minutes.

    - https://prfsongwritingchallenge.band...is-a-dis-track

    Last is a tune called "Torgo's Lament". Folks might know Torgo from Manos: The Hands Of Fate.

    - https://prfsongwritingchallenge.band.../torgos-lament

    All right. That ought to do it. Sorry for dragging things off track.

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    Tonight's actual Horror Movie.


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    1. Tourist Trap (1979)
    2. Poltergeist II (1986)
    3a. Frankenstein (1931)
    3b. Sleepaway Camp (1983)
    4. Isle of the Dead (1945)
    5a. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
    5b. Venom (2018)
    6a. Son of Frankenstein (1939)
    6b. Rabid (1977)
    7a. The Prowler (1981)
    7b. Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama (1988)
    8. Daughters of Darkness (1971)
    9. Fiend Without a Face (1958)
    10. Blood Feast (1963)
    11a. The Black Cat (1934)
    11b. The Monster Squad (1987)
    11c. Basket Case (1982)
    12. Phantasm (1979)
    13a. The Gate (1987)
    13b. Re-Animator (1985)
    13c. Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
    14. Demons (1985)



    Another foreign movie, and hooooo-boy, is it a million miles away from either Daughters of Darkness or Nosferatu. This is Italian horror, and that means buckets of blood with none of that pesky story to get in the way. A group of people lured into a free movie get locked in the theater and attacked by demons, and the demons **** their **** up hardcore. And that’s about all there is to it.

    The demons are basically zombies; they go around biting people and turning them into more demons. They really only differ from zombies in that (a) they can think and run, (b) their faces look like goddamn nightmares, and (3) they don’t seem interested in eating anyone. They just wanna tear and crush and mutilate, and they do it all with a big, sickening smile.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tazirai View Post
    Tonight's actual Horror Movie.
    I absolutely love the story behind this one. Roger Corman finishes filming The Raven, and still has access to Boris Karloff for a couple days. So he’s like, “Screw it,” and just shoots two days worth of footage with Karloff on the Raven sets. Then he turns it over to a bunch of non-union directors and tells them to make something out of it. And lo and behold, we get the confusing mess that is The Terror.

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    October 1st. 1- Suspiria (1977)
    October 2nd. 2- Nosferatu: The Vampyre (1979)
    October 3rd. 3- Halloween (1978)
    October 4th. 4- The Ritual (2018) 5- Phantasm (1979)
    October 5th. 6- V/H/S/2 (2013)
    October 6th. 7- Sleepaway Camp (1983)
    October 7th. 8- The Shining (1980)
    October 8th. 9- City of the Dead (1960) 10- Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf (1985) 11- Venom (2018)
    October 9th. 12- The Devil Rides Out (1968) 13-Horror of Dracula (1958) 14- Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
    October 10th. 15- Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988) 16- Truth or Dare (2017)
    October 11th. 17- Frankenstein (1931)
    October 12th. 18- Galaxy of Terror (1981)
    October 13th. 19- Bride of Frankenstein (1935)



    Some say this is better than the first but I just don't see it. The first few scenes are oddly dominated by a comic relief old maid who is playing to the balcony. Some of the music felt very out of place, particularly during the revival sequence near the end. Dr. Pretorius makes a great villain (with a great name!) but his homonculi are introduced for one scene and then forgotten completely. The titular Bride is only in the last few minutes of the movie.

    I noticed Boris Karloff is credited with just one name, like Cher or something.
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    October 1st. 1- Suspiria (1977)
    October 2nd. 2- Nosferatu: The Vampyre (1979)
    October 3rd. 3- Halloween (1978)
    October 4th. 4- The Ritual (2018) 5- Phantasm (1979)
    October 5th. 6- V/H/S/2 (2013)
    October 6th. 7- Sleepaway Camp (1983)
    October 7th. 8- The Shining (1980)
    October 8th. 9- City of the Dead (1960). 10- Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf (1985) 11- Venom (2018)
    October 9th. 12- The Devil Rides Out (1968) 13- Horror of Dracula (1958) 14- Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
    October 10th. 15- Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988) 16- Truth or Dare (2017)
    October 11th. 17- Frankenstein (1931)
    October 12th. 18- Galaxy of Terror (1981)
    October 13th. 19- Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
    October 14th. 20- Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland (1989)



    Not as much fun as it predecessors. Based on the date, I'd guess this one was rushed out when part II did well, and it shows. Some really lazy kills. A gun? Beating with a stick? GTFO...
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    Tonight's movie is.


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    October 1st. 1- Suspiria (1977)
    October 2nd. 2- Nosferatu: The Vampyre (1979)
    October 3rd. 3- Halloween (1978)
    October 4th. 4- The Ritual (2018) 5- Phantasm (1979)
    October 5th. 6- V/H/S/2 (2013)
    October 6th. 7- Sleepaway Camp (1983)
    October 7th. 8- The Shining (1980)
    October 8th. 9- City of the Dead (1960) 10- Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf (1985) 11- Venom (2018)
    October 9th. 12- The Devil Rides Out (1968) 13- Horror of Dracula (1958) 14- Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
    October 10th. 15- Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988) 16- Truth or Dare (2017)
    October 11th. 17- Frankenstein (1931)
    October 12th. 18- Galaxy of Terror (1981)
    October 13th. 19- Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
    October 14th. 20- Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland (1989)
    October 15th. 21- The Bride (1985)



    Clunker remake of The Bride of Frankenstein. I thought Dune was Sting's only movie role...it probably should have been.

    I agree with everything the late Gene Siskel had to say about this movie.
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